Triple
T13618784
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William T. Vollmann |
E325393
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | The Dying Grass |
E325401
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: The Dying Grass | Statement: [William T. Vollmann, notableWork, The Dying Grass]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Dying Grass Context triple: [William T. Vollmann, notableWork, The Dying Grass]
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A.
The Dying Grass
chosen
The Dying Grass is a sprawling historical novel by William T. Vollmann that chronicles the Nez Perce War of 1877 in his characteristically dense, experimental style.
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B.
Those Barren Leaves
Those Barren Leaves is a satirical novel by Aldous Huxley that explores the lives and pretensions of a group of intellectuals and socialites in post–World War I Europe.
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C.
Shadows on the Grass
"Shadows on the Grass" is a memoir by Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) that revisits her years in colonial Kenya through reflective, nostalgic essays that complement her earlier work "Out of Africa."
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D.
The Death of the Flowers
"The Death of the Flowers" is a reflective lyric poem by William Cullen Bryant that meditates on autumn’s fading beauty and the transience of life.
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E.
Wild Grass
Wild Grass is a 2009 French romantic drama film directed by Alain Resnais, known for its whimsical narrative, stylized visuals, and exploration of chance encounters and desire.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69d8076aae28819092cf636190ee5529 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbb0ae77e0819081e3b14642460dc6 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 2:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f77fa0b81c819094e2fa209ef9857c |
completed | May 3, 2026, 5:02 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:50 p.m.